GRASSHOPPERS AND OTHER INJURIOUS INSECTS OF 1911 AND 1912. Ill 



NAKED SNAILS OR SLUGS. 



During the summer of 1912, naked snails or slugs have been 

 extremely troublesome, their unusual numbers being mostly due to 

 the abundance of rain. These so-called slugs never form a snail. 

 In other words, they never assume a shell. Their eggs are small, 

 round or oval, clear, translucent, with a membranous shell, and are 

 about the size of clover seeds. 



We have found lime water to be an excellent preventive 

 against this pest, made by slaking a pound of quick lime in a large 

 pail of water, poured, either with or without the lime that settles at 

 the bottom, upon the infested plants. It might be used possibly a 

 little weaker. The strength required can be easily ascertained by 

 experiment. A touch of this liquid will cause these naked snails to 

 curl up and die, and plants coated with it seem so distasteful to 

 them that they are repelled. This lime water will in no way injure 

 vegetables for table use, and it can be easily washed off from lettuce 

 when necessary, with clear water. 



Lime dusted about the plants attacked is extremely helpful in 

 keeping them away. They may also be trapped with slices of po- 

 tato or turnip, and pieces of board may be placed in the garden 

 under which they conceal themselves toward morning. Turtles, it 

 is claimed, will eat them, and toads also destroy them. 



